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but anyway -- >> he also sparred in this ring four years ago when he duked it out with sarah palin at the university of washington in st. louis in front of 69 million viewers. which biden will show up this week. will it be the funny man? >> editorial in the los angeles times said, in addition to his uncontrolled verbosity, biden is a gaffe machine. can you reassure voters in this country you would have the discipline you would need on the world stage, senator? >> yes. >> thank you, senator biden. >> or will it be the tough scranton joe, the street scrapper with the mean left hook? >> rudy giuliani, there's only three things he mentioned in his sentence a noun and a verb and 9/11. i mean there's nothing else. >> can i respond to that? look the maverick -- let's talk about the maverick john mccain is, i love him, but he has been no maverick on the things that matter to people's lives. >> as for paul ryan, the debate stage is [ inaudible ] but if the health summit was any indication we can expect at least a passing glimpse of the welterweight wonk. >> what do i mean when i say that? firs
but anyway -- >> he also sparred in this ring four years ago when he duked it out with sarah palin at the university of washington in st. louis in front of 69 million viewers. which biden will show up this week. will it be the funny man? >> editorial in the los angeles times said, in addition to his uncontrolled verbosity, biden is a gaffe machine. can you reassure voters in this country you would have the discipline you would need on the world stage, senator? >> yes. >>...
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the biography of sarah palin is called "the persecution of sarah palin." they have added up every single mean thing anyone anywhere has ever said about her. it's this kind of whining, this kind of complaining that really defines the american right. >> and yet, tom, and this speaks to mitt romney's relationship with them, if mitt romney's got all these people in his back pocket and thanks to citizens united he appears to have many of them, why is he trialing so badly in the polls? and why is his campaign so dysfunctional? i mean, he's got the assets of these thin-skinned, albeit brilliant, billionaires, and yet he's not doing so well. >> maybe it is true what the man says, money can't buy you love. this guy may be -- he's a terrible candidate. you know what i mean? the secret to american politics in my lifetime has been feigning a certain kind of populism, pretending to be down with the people and pulling off the act very well, okay? whatever else you say about george w. bush, he was very good at pretending to be the sort of down home, you know, texas guy t
the biography of sarah palin is called "the persecution of sarah palin." they have added up every single mean thing anyone anywhere has ever said about her. it's this kind of whining, this kind of complaining that really defines the american right. >> and yet, tom, and this speaks to mitt romney's relationship with them, if mitt romney's got all these people in his back pocket and thanks to citizens united he appears to have many of them, why is he trialing so badly in the...
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maybe sarah palin picked it up in her days as a sports reporter. the jumping to conclusions about benghazi there's a coverup stating it as yes it's going on and we have to stop it and barack obama is guilty, blah, blah, blah, that's paranoid style of politics where you don't take into account the fact that people can make mistakes or that signals can get crossed or whatever. >> there were mistakes, i thought it was the 13th, it's the 14th of the month. >> right. >> when you keep doing this stuff, like at this thompson, i got nothing against tommy thompson, the kid shouts out at some event, this guy from obama is not extra chicago, no, he's from kenya, at this point in the discussion. that may be an acute negativity when trump brought it up but jonathan this trickles out every couple weeks. trump says the president is "monkeying with the unemployment numbers" keeps going on over and over again, just enough to keep it in the atmosphere. to the point where today only two in five republicans in the state of ohio, only two in five agree that the preside
maybe sarah palin picked it up in her days as a sports reporter. the jumping to conclusions about benghazi there's a coverup stating it as yes it's going on and we have to stop it and barack obama is guilty, blah, blah, blah, that's paranoid style of politics where you don't take into account the fact that people can make mistakes or that signals can get crossed or whatever. >> there were mistakes, i thought it was the 13th, it's the 14th of the month. >> right. >> when you...
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being, it was sarah palin. she remained governor of alaska for almost nine month before becoming the world's biggest facebooker updater. >> there was at least a while in this race a question whether or not she was going to be in the hat for the vp. but no. not this time. okay. next question. which losing vice presidential candidate went on to lose two other high-profile elections but did become ambassador to japan and special envoy to indonesia. >> george h.w. bush. >> it was not. >> walter mondale. >> that's right. that's right. >> george h.w. bush did become the president of the united states. >> that's right. >> yes. >> you remember those years. >> yes, he was. fun fact. when mondale ran for senator in minnesota he gained a unique and unpleasant distinction. he was the only person to lost a statewide election in all 50 states as of nominee of a major party. he lost in the presidential election. >> that's pretty -- >> next question. this is the losing vice presidential candidate who 20 years later went on to
being, it was sarah palin. she remained governor of alaska for almost nine month before becoming the world's biggest facebooker updater. >> there was at least a while in this race a question whether or not she was going to be in the hat for the vp. but no. not this time. okay. next question. which losing vice presidential candidate went on to lose two other high-profile elections but did become ambassador to japan and special envoy to indonesia. >> george h.w. bush. >> it was...
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we wouldn't be hearing sarah palin talking about shucking and jiving. how much more obvious do they have to be? this is about trying to run up romney's numbers among low information blue collar white voters, particularly older white voters who are already uncomfortable with the idea of this guy being in the white house. not a democrat being in the white house, this democrat. this president. the person of barack obama is what is offensive to old cranks like john sununu who, by the way, hasn't had an intelligent thought since the reagan administration. why is he the top surrogate for mitt romney? because he speaks to that guy, archie bunker. >> you know, i have to think that all this stuff, i grew up with watching it, from the south mainly, but some were from rizzo and philadelphia, and stuff like that, ben tillman and george wallace and, you know, all those characters down there used to do it, but now it's the sophisticated guys, governors of big states. rich guy in new york, trump. all over the place they keep doing this. >> what we see is a continuum.
we wouldn't be hearing sarah palin talking about shucking and jiving. how much more obvious do they have to be? this is about trying to run up romney's numbers among low information blue collar white voters, particularly older white voters who are already uncomfortable with the idea of this guy being in the white house. not a democrat being in the white house, this democrat. this president. the person of barack obama is what is offensive to old cranks like john sununu who, by the way, hasn't...
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and plus, notice the rhyme scheme of miss palin as well. so she's not only shucking and jiving, benghazi lies, shuck and jive. so now she's trying to have a rhyme scheme that really is a direct assault upon barack obama as a black man. >> ann coulter, obviously, offended special needs people with her tweets, but is there more to it when she applies it to an african-american president? particularly in a campaign season where john sununu has called president obama "lazy." >> right. and that's a very careful distinction you made there. you know, on its face, of course it isn't. but in the context -- and i'm very surprised that ann coulter, even though i disagree with her vigorously, she and i have had many conversations with her intelligence and her point of view have been presented and she hasn't descended into this valley of name calling. but this is ridiculous. we can't help but see a racial element here, because, again, it's about his intelligence. african-american intelligence, suspect. this is the era of the bell curve, not 15, 20 years
and plus, notice the rhyme scheme of miss palin as well. so she's not only shucking and jiving, benghazi lies, shuck and jive. so now she's trying to have a rhyme scheme that really is a direct assault upon barack obama as a black man. >> ann coulter, obviously, offended special needs people with her tweets, but is there more to it when she applies it to an african-american president? particularly in a campaign season where john sununu has called president obama "lazy." >>...
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>> i think sarah palin managed to constrain joe biden more. that's what came through to me is that -- >> but sarah palin didn't tell outright lies. she didn't reference bogus study that is were paid for by her running mate. she didn't do any of those things. >> it's actually an interesting stylistic ircomparison. sarah palin is a good debater in the sense of constant reacting. she was more biden than biden. there was that kind of interplay, whereas here you really got biden 100% full throttle and we're going to see it in the "saturday night live" skit, e laughing, reacting, but in many ways he was dominating. one other point, last night the word tax was used 83 times. the word job was used only 36 times. they spent to jonathan's point a great amount of energy getting into the weeds of these tax plans. so i think for voters who were trying to make up their mind, what they saw was paul ryan has a lot of trouble explaining this tax plan. >> well, look, i think the sheer fact that today what are the republicans talking about? they're talking about
>> i think sarah palin managed to constrain joe biden more. that's what came through to me is that -- >> but sarah palin didn't tell outright lies. she didn't reference bogus study that is were paid for by her running mate. she didn't do any of those things. >> it's actually an interesting stylistic ircomparison. sarah palin is a good debater in the sense of constant reacting. she was more biden than biden. there was that kind of interplay, whereas here you really got biden...
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if you believe sarah palin it's not much. but if you believe the thousands of people around the country that are fighting for better schools, safer streets, for cleaner environment, for better jobs, that's what community organizers do and saul alinsky wrote the textbook on how to be a good community organizer, how to be a good activist, how to be a good citizen and it's not surprising to me that the tea party is using that book to learn how to organize because his rules for radicals, his ideas for progressive change could be used boo i anybody, but he thought that ordinary citizens should have a voice in their government. it shouldn't be just organized money, big business, the koch brothers, people like that. it should be ordinary people in their neighborhoods, in their workplaces, in their communities having a voice, and saul alinsky, who began his organizing career in the '30s and lived through the early '70s taught us all a lesson which many people are applying even today. >> professor, i had to notice that thereto weren't
if you believe sarah palin it's not much. but if you believe the thousands of people around the country that are fighting for better schools, safer streets, for cleaner environment, for better jobs, that's what community organizers do and saul alinsky wrote the textbook on how to be a good community organizer, how to be a good activist, how to be a good citizen and it's not surprising to me that the tea party is using that book to learn how to organize because his rules for radicals, his ideas...
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. >> a lot was said four years ago about joe biden's debate with sarah palin. now, he has known congressman ryan for quite some time. they have dealt together. how do you expect the tone to be different? >> well, remember, four years ago, biden had really one big challenge. he didn't want to make any major mistakes. but his only really great big challenge in that debate was sarah palin was this new figure, very controversial, had had some recent slip-ups. he had to not come across as condescending. he had to have an even performance, get through the night. this is going to be a very different night. as you said, the two men know each other, they both have very in-depth policy backgrounds. i think you'll see a lot more depth of policy knowledge exchanged, a lot more barbed attacks, and biden's going to have to go after ryan for those particular policies and talk a lot about his own expertise in not only budget matters but also foreign policy. i think you'll see a lot more depth in terms of the conversation on thursday than you did four years ago. >> carrie dan,
. >> a lot was said four years ago about joe biden's debate with sarah palin. now, he has known congressman ryan for quite some time. they have dealt together. how do you expect the tone to be different? >> well, remember, four years ago, biden had really one big challenge. he didn't want to make any major mistakes. but his only really great big challenge in that debate was sarah palin was this new figure, very controversial, had had some recent slip-ups. he had to not come across...
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we wouldn't be hearing sarah palin talking about shucking and jiving. how much more obvious do they have to be? this is about trying to run up romney's numbers among low information blue collar white voters, particularly older white voters who are already uncomfortable with the idea of this guy being in the white house. not a democrat being in the white house, this democrat. this president. the person of barack obama is what is offensive to old cranks like john sununu who, by the way, hasn't had an intelligent thought since the reagan administration. why is he the top surrogate for mitt romney? because he speaks to that guy, archie bunker. >> you know, i have to think that all this stuff i grew up with watching it from the south mainly, but some were from rizzo and philadelphia, ben tillman and george wallace and, you know, all those characters down there used to do it, but now it's the sophisticated guys, governors of big states. rich guy in new york tromp. all over the place they keep going this. >> what we see is a continue wum. it goes all the way f
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. >> did paul ryan speak to sarah palin for any advice? >> he did not. the truth is over the last few days he's been focused on his preparations. as you may know from your experience in washington, he often puts on head phones, does a lot of reading. he hasn't been doing a lot of phone calls. >> and a lot of p90x. dan senor, thanks for getting up early. see you tonight. wall street appears to be rebounding as weekly jobless claims come out. market rundown is next. plus paul ryan's other opponent. the guy who's trying to take ryan's house seat in wisconsin. he came here to danville, kentucky, because he's looking for a debate of his own. first today's trivia question. which former vice presidents ran against one another for president in a general election? give me both answers. tweet me @chucktodd and daily rundown. first correct answer gets a follow thursday from us. i gave birth to my daughter on may 18th, five days later, i had a massive heart attack. bayer aspirin was the first thing the emts gave me. now, i'm on a bayer aspirin regimen. [ male announ
. >> did paul ryan speak to sarah palin for any advice? >> he did not. the truth is over the last few days he's been focused on his preparations. as you may know from your experience in washington, he often puts on head phones, does a lot of reading. he hasn't been doing a lot of phone calls. >> and a lot of p90x. dan senor, thanks for getting up early. see you tonight. wall street appears to be rebounding as weekly jobless claims come out. market rundown is next. plus paul...
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and four years ago, governor sarah palin conducted an interview after the election, a few weeks after they lost the election, moments after palin pardoned the turkey for thanksgiving and gave a long interview and just over her shoulder, a not so lucky turkey getting himself ready for thanksgiving with a little help from the guy in the hat. >>> stephen colbert needed a moment to catch his breath after watching the death-defying skydive from felix baumgartner who leapt 28 miles to the earth. >> felix baumgartner became the first man to -- aaaaah! ladies and gentlemen, this proves that our days of human exploration are not over. because we did it! we put a man on the earth. >> still ahead on "way too early," while you were awake, your texts and e-mails are next just ahead. capella university understands businesses are trying to come back from rough economic times. employees are being forced to do more with less. and the need for capable leaders is greater than ever. when you see these problems do you take a step back, or do you want to dive right in? with a degree in business from capell
and four years ago, governor sarah palin conducted an interview after the election, a few weeks after they lost the election, moments after palin pardoned the turkey for thanksgiving and gave a long interview and just over her shoulder, a not so lucky turkey getting himself ready for thanksgiving with a little help from the guy in the hat. >>> stephen colbert needed a moment to catch his breath after watching the death-defying skydive from felix baumgartner who leapt 28 miles to the...
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but palin says she's just fine. and she's working with her family on a new fitness book. >>> rainn wilson of the office did a comic video to encourage more people to get out and vote. he plays an election official who you weres away a funny talking voter from the old west. >> i careeth not where thou has traversed from. >> wilson is promoting the idea of voting day becoming a national holiday, but actually not all of this video was appropriate for tv, so to see the entire video, you can go to my facebook or twitter page. @lynn berry underscore. and then facebook.com/lynn m berry. and that is your morning dish of scrambled politics. and now your first look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow closed at 13473 after dropping 110 points yesterday. the s&p fell 14, the nasdaq sank 47. taking a look overseas, in tokyo, the nikkei plunged 173 points while in hong kong, the hang seng lost 17. >>> so how will investors react to the unofficial start to earnings season? after the bell, alcoa lowered its 2012 outlo
but palin says she's just fine. and she's working with her family on a new fitness book. >>> rainn wilson of the office did a comic video to encourage more people to get out and vote. he plays an election official who you weres away a funny talking voter from the old west. >> i careeth not where thou has traversed from. >> wilson is promoting the idea of voting day becoming a national holiday, but actually not all of this video was appropriate for tv, so to see the entire...
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bush administration and was a senior strategist for mccain/palin. steve schmidt, when you look back at palin versus edwards there, do you see a model that democrats should be hoping for tonight? >> well, that debate was a huge moment in the 2004 campaign. with all respect to the gallup organization, it absolutely had an impact in that race because democrats have momentum coming out of president bush's disastrous first debate performance and dick cheney stopped it cold. he got equilibrium back into the base. he stopped the panic that was going on in the party and set up the president to come back in the second debate. and also john edwards made a big mistake in that debate that we were able to capitalize on. he made an issue out of mary cheney's sexuality and people were revolt by it across the country. >> he brought it up in a positive way but sounded like he wases being craven? >> i think there was no positive way to bring it up. he's a craven person who brought it up in a craven why. but the point is that it was a decisive victory and it brought s
bush administration and was a senior strategist for mccain/palin. steve schmidt, when you look back at palin versus edwards there, do you see a model that democrats should be hoping for tonight? >> well, that debate was a huge moment in the 2004 campaign. with all respect to the gallup organization, it absolutely had an impact in that race because democrats have momentum coming out of president bush's disastrous first debate performance and dick cheney stopped it cold. he got equilibrium...
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>> i think he's -- >> so was sarah palin. >> well, yeah. i think that there's always a lot of sparkle there. joe biden has been hampered in his whole career by the lampooning of him. it's almost like you play a game of -- i'm thinking of the right sport, 8 ball. you're winning the game, you put the 8 ball in the pocket. you scratch. all of a sudden the whole game is gone. he'll have a great evening and then he'll make a comment about the middle class is buried. >> tonight when that line comes up, what does he do? that line is supposed to come up. congressman ryan is supposed to confront vice president joe biden on that line. you said they were buried. >> he has to reply. he has to say because of the unfair tax system. he has to be very particular. i would do this. i'd play offense. i'd do it nicely. the genius of governor romney last week was that he masked his lack of did he have ferchs with cord yalt at this and civility. he talked about the 20th anniversary, this isn't a very romantic advise. he called him mr. president. no cheap shots l
>> i think he's -- >> so was sarah palin. >> well, yeah. i think that there's always a lot of sparkle there. joe biden has been hampered in his whole career by the lampooning of him. it's almost like you play a game of -- i'm thinking of the right sport, 8 ball. you're winning the game, you put the 8 ball in the pocket. you scratch. all of a sudden the whole game is gone. he'll have a great evening and then he'll make a comment about the middle class is buried. >>...
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most recently against sarah palin four years ago. for ryan seen here arriving for a walk through of the debate stage, it's a chance to pick up where mitt romney left off, though it comes with a great deal of risk against a cage any veteran. carrie dan has been following the vice president and ron mott has been keeping tabs on paul ryan. carrie, we'll start with you. we know the pressure is something the vice president has faced before and that brings us back to 2008. but is that a concern for him going into tonight? >> we know joe biden talked to the president the day after the president president's debate. and he knows what the stakes are going into this debate tonight. now, remember four years ago, he was against sarah palin. he mostly wanted an even perform arranges not to make any verb miss cues. and that was something that a lot of observers thought he did really well.and that was someth lot of observers thought he did really well. he did at least one mock debate every night of this debate camp that he was in with chris van holl
most recently against sarah palin four years ago. for ryan seen here arriving for a walk through of the debate stage, it's a chance to pick up where mitt romney left off, though it comes with a great deal of risk against a cage any veteran. carrie dan has been following the vice president and ron mott has been keeping tabs on paul ryan. carrie, we'll start with you. we know the pressure is something the vice president has faced before and that brings us back to 2008. but is that a concern for...
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. >>> bristol palin was voted off "dancing with the stars" last night. she was a consistent low scorer in this all star cast, so she didn't seem too surprised. palin said she was happy making it to week four. >>> and we're learning more about what happened inside the soup kitchen. these dishes paul ryan were washing were in fact dirty. originally telling the post they were already clean. but ryan's staff was asked -- did ask that they leave some dishes for ryan to wash which as you you can see he did. >>> and if you read only one thing this morning, my must read is courtesy of the san francisco chronicle which chronicled halle berry's reaction when a genealogy search found she was related to sarah palin. it's up on our facebook page. americans believe they should be in charge of their own future. how they'll live tomorrow. for more than 116 years, ameriprise financial has worked for their clients' futures. helping millions of americans retire on their terms. when they want. where they want. doing what they want. ameriprise. the strength of a leader in re
. >>> bristol palin was voted off "dancing with the stars" last night. she was a consistent low scorer in this all star cast, so she didn't seem too surprised. palin said she was happy making it to week four. >>> and we're learning more about what happened inside the soup kitchen. these dishes paul ryan were washing were in fact dirty. originally telling the post they were already clean. but ryan's staff was asked -- did ask that they leave some dishes for ryan to...
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even with the palin/biden debate in '08 that everybody watched so much, it's hard to get an indication that they make a huge difference. for example, lloyd benson did well, you'll remember, lloyd benson in '88 against dan quayle, but benson's ticket lost. >> i knew jack kennedy. jack kennedy was a friend of mine, yes. okay, new pew poll out today shows mitt romney with a four-point lead over president obama among likely voters, but of course, everyone is watching polls from the key battleground states -- ohio, florida, michigan, to some extent now. is there any indication, or do you see any trends looking at the national numbers that tell you, do they influence voters in swing states? do they give us an indication of how voting might go in swing states? >> oh, absolutely, on the latter, an indication. one of the reasons we at gallup focus a lot on the national numbers is because the same tide that will sweep voters nationally usually will move voters in the swing states. it's very rare that the national numbers don't reflect what's in the swing states or the electoral college. 200020 b
even with the palin/biden debate in '08 that everybody watched so much, it's hard to get an indication that they make a huge difference. for example, lloyd benson did well, you'll remember, lloyd benson in '88 against dan quayle, but benson's ticket lost. >> i knew jack kennedy. jack kennedy was a friend of mine, yes. okay, new pew poll out today shows mitt romney with a four-point lead over president obama among likely voters, but of course, everyone is watching polls from the key...
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you have sarah palin who is now talking about that the president is shucking and jiving and sununu who said that he's lazy and ann coulter who called him a retard and you are 100% right. they can put all they want to out there. they are playing to that small neandrathal base and what it's doing is if there was apathy, at least in my community, they have shaken that apathy and people are going out in groves even early voting in groves. so i agree with dana. keep it up because all you're doing is even letting independent voters know, reverend sharpton, that these kinds of people are not associated with president obama. they are associated with his opponent. >> well, i think they don't even understand they are blinded in this, they don't understand they are causing a backlash and even energizing and people who were like not that energized and now all of a sudden they are really angry and offended. and a lot of it came back from how ugly and it's not something particularly new. it's something called dirty tricks of the trade and it comes up and the radar screen and the problem is, this is
you have sarah palin who is now talking about that the president is shucking and jiving and sununu who said that he's lazy and ann coulter who called him a retard and you are 100% right. they can put all they want to out there. they are playing to that small neandrathal base and what it's doing is if there was apathy, at least in my community, they have shaken that apathy and people are going out in groves even early voting in groves. so i agree with dana. keep it up because all you're doing is...
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. >> toure, a noun and verb in her sentences, high praise for sarah palin. thank you very much indeed. it's monday, october the 8th, and mitt romney's lies and half truths have now gone global. ♪ >> a tale of two mitts. mitt the hawk. >> hope is not a strategy. we can't support our friends and defeat our enemies in the middle east when our words aren't backed up by deed s. >> mitt the dog. >> clear eyes, full heart, can't lose. >> clear eyes, full heart, can't lose. >> so which mitt is it? confused? so are we. >> finally, i will recommit america to the goal of a democratic prosperous palestinian state living side by side in peace and security with the jewish state of israel. >> the palestinians have no interest whatsoever in establishing peace. i'm a president for 100% of the american people and that's the real percent people care about, not 99% versus 1%. not 47% versus anyone else. i need to get 51.1% of the americans behind me. i'm not familiar with precisely exactly what i said but i stand behind what i said, whatever it was. >> we begin with mitt romn
. >> toure, a noun and verb in her sentences, high praise for sarah palin. thank you very much indeed. it's monday, october the 8th, and mitt romney's lies and half truths have now gone global. ♪ >> a tale of two mitts. mitt the hawk. >> hope is not a strategy. we can't support our friends and defeat our enemies in the middle east when our words aren't backed up by deed s. >> mitt the dog. >> clear eyes, full heart, can't lose. >> clear eyes, full heart,...
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wouldn't want any mistakes, i suppose. >>> sarah palin once again courting controversy in the closing days of this contest. the former vp nominee recently came under fire for calling president obama's response to the benghazi attack a, quote, shuck and jive, a quote that many feel is racist. she said "i would appreciate it if the media refrained from using words and phrases like igloo, eskimo pie and when hell freezes over, as they might be considered offensive by my extended native alaska family." >> with friends like these, mitt romney has his work cut out for him. has the republican party itself becoming a drag for candidates on the ballot this november? ♪ you don't own me how do you make america's favorite recipes? just begin with america's favorite soups. bring out chicken broccoli alfredo. or best-ever meatloaf. go to campbellskitchen.com for recipes, plus a valuable coupon. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. and you learned something along the way. this is the age of knowing what you're made of. so, why let erectile dysfunction get in your way? talk to your doctor abo
wouldn't want any mistakes, i suppose. >>> sarah palin once again courting controversy in the closing days of this contest. the former vp nominee recently came under fire for calling president obama's response to the benghazi attack a, quote, shuck and jive, a quote that many feel is racist. she said "i would appreciate it if the media refrained from using words and phrases like igloo, eskimo pie and when hell freezes over, as they might be considered offensive by my extended...
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tells me that somewhere right now there is a democratic operative trying to figure out how to get sarah palin on a flight to florida in time for the debate. a democrat is trying to arrange a direct flight from wasilla to boca. like a rabbit... but i want to eat meat! [ male announcer ] iams knows dogs love meat. ...but most dry foods add plant protein, like gluten iams never adds gluten. iams adds 50% more animal protein, [ dog 2 ] look at me! i'm a lean, mean flying machine [ dog 1 ] i am too! woo hoo! [ male announcer ] iams. with 50% more animal protein. [ dog 2 ] i'm an iams dog for life. not a rabbit. woof! we might still be making mix tapes. find this. pause this. play this. eject this. write this. it's like the days before esurance express lane™. you had to find a bunch of documents just to get a car insurance quote. now express lane finds your driving info with just one click, saving time to be nostalgic about the days before express lane. thank you, insurance for the modern world. esurance. now backed by allstate. click or call. his morning starts with arthritis pain. and two pills
tells me that somewhere right now there is a democratic operative trying to figure out how to get sarah palin on a flight to florida in time for the debate. a democrat is trying to arrange a direct flight from wasilla to boca. like a rabbit... but i want to eat meat! [ male announcer ] iams knows dogs love meat. ...but most dry foods add plant protein, like gluten iams never adds gluten. iams adds 50% more animal protein, [ dog 2 ] look at me! i'm a lean, mean flying machine [ dog 1 ] i am too!...
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wallets the most in american history have been the national debut of an alaska governor named sarah palin four years ago at the republican convention and also a strong debate performance by president obama this week in new york. something tells me that somewhere right now there is a democratic operative trying to figure out how to get sarah palin on a flight to florida in time for the debate. a democrat is trying to arrange a direct flight from wasilla to boca. places. you know, i've helped a lot of people save a lot of money. but today...( sfx: loud noise of large metal object hitting the ground) things have been a little strange. (sfx: sound of piano smashing) roadrunner: meep meep. meep meep? (sfx: loud thud sound) what a strange place. geico®. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. a great clean doesn't have to take longer. i'm done. i'm gonna read one of these. i'm gonna read one of these! [ female announcer ] unlike sprays and dust rags, swiffer 360 duster's extender gets into hard-to-reach places without the hassle. so you can get unbelievable dus
wallets the most in american history have been the national debut of an alaska governor named sarah palin four years ago at the republican convention and also a strong debate performance by president obama this week in new york. something tells me that somewhere right now there is a democratic operative trying to figure out how to get sarah palin on a flight to florida in time for the debate. a democrat is trying to arrange a direct flight from wasilla to boca. places. you know, i've helped a...
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last night bristol palin became the fifth con says tapt to be kicked off the all-star season. >> are you still watching that? >> haven't watched it once. >>> nfl has announced beyonce will headline the super bowl halftime show. they marked the announcement with the singer posting a photo of herself sporting eye black. >> and finally, sigh dropped by the wolverine and gave hugh jackman gangnam style lessons. >> everyone missed what you it. you did the -- >> don't out me, bill. >>> i'm lynn berry. this is "first look." stay tuned, "way too early with willie geist" starts right now. >>> we have not made the progress we need to make to put people back to work. that's why i put out a five point plan that gets america 12 million new jobs. and a rise in take home pay. >> he doesn't have a five point plan, he has a one point plan. and that plan is to make sure that folks at the top play by a different set of rules. that's been his philosophy as governor, that's been his philosophy as a presidential candidate. >>> without the podiums keeping them
last night bristol palin became the fifth con says tapt to be kicked off the all-star season. >> are you still watching that? >> haven't watched it once. >>> nfl has announced beyonce will headline the super bowl halftime show. they marked the announcement with the singer posting a photo of herself sporting eye black. >> and finally, sigh dropped by the wolverine and gave hugh jackman gangnam style lessons. >> everyone missed what you it. you did the -- >>...
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wallets the most in american history have been the national debut of an alaska governor named sarah palin four years ago at the republican convention and also a strong debate performance by president obama this week in new york. something tells me that somewhere right now there is a democratic operative trying to fig wrure out how to get sarah palin on a flight to florida in time for the debate. a democrat is trying to arrange a direct flight from wasilla to boca. ] [ male announcer ] when your favorite foods fight you, fight back fast with tums smoothies. so fast and smooth, you'll forget you had heartburn. ♪ tum tum tum tum tums [ male announcer ] tums smoothies. wanted to provide better employee benefits while balancing the company's bottom line, their very first word was... [ to the tune of "lullaby and good night" ] ♪ af-lac ♪ aflac [ male announcer ] find out more at... [ duck ] aflac! [ male announcer ] ...forbusiness.com. [ yawning sound ] and we got onesies. sometimes miracles get messy. so we use tide free. no perfumes or dyes for her delicate skin. brad. not it. not it. j
wallets the most in american history have been the national debut of an alaska governor named sarah palin four years ago at the republican convention and also a strong debate performance by president obama this week in new york. something tells me that somewhere right now there is a democratic operative trying to fig wrure out how to get sarah palin on a flight to florida in time for the debate. a democrat is trying to arrange a direct flight from wasilla to boca. ] [ male announcer ] when your...
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. >> steve schmidt, senior adviser to mccain/palin in 2008. obviously, a second debate is sort of necessarily awkward. it's not the final word, but you do have to sort of answer for the mistakes of the first debate. where do you think each side is going to want to steer the discussion tonight to the extent they can? >> well, look, since the first debate, mitt romney has had all the momentum in the race. and the impact of that first debate can't be overstated. it's essentially a tie race. the polls now for the first time in the averages have mitt romney in a slight lead. we went from before that first debate, where mitt romney was behind in every one of the swing states. now he's leading in a number of the important swing states within striking distance of the others. so for mitt romney, it's more of the same. it's talking about growing the economy, connecting economic growth to middle class families, and the president has a very difficult challenge tonight. he can't be too hot. he can't be too aggressive. he can't not be presidential with that
. >> steve schmidt, senior adviser to mccain/palin in 2008. obviously, a second debate is sort of necessarily awkward. it's not the final word, but you do have to sort of answer for the mistakes of the first debate. where do you think each side is going to want to steer the discussion tonight to the extent they can? >> well, look, since the first debate, mitt romney has had all the momentum in the race. and the impact of that first debate can't be overstated. it's essentially a tie...
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it's not like a sarah palin where he sort of zero to 70 in two seconds. so, i think, though, that obviously it's a -- it's an environment that's just fraught with peril. and you can mess up very, very easily. i don't think he has made any mistakes in any sort of game-changing way. and i think he has gotten better over time and i think he's been comfortable on the trail. >> hey, mark, it's heilemann here. thank you for putting the two words together in the last statement. >> i didn't mean to. >> it was a big mistake. the title of your piece is "paul ryan can't lose." what's the argument for how this is a no-lose proposition for paul ryan? >> okay. well, speaking purely literally, obviously he can lose the romney/ryan ticket. >> thank you for that. >> right. a lot of people made the point to me if romney loses, the republican party is going to move on pretty quickly and paul ryan is going to also. he's still going to be in congress, he's going to still have a very powerful seat in congress and naturally people are going to be looking to him almost immediate
it's not like a sarah palin where he sort of zero to 70 in two seconds. so, i think, though, that obviously it's a -- it's an environment that's just fraught with peril. and you can mess up very, very easily. i don't think he has made any mistakes in any sort of game-changing way. and i think he has gotten better over time and i think he's been comfortable on the trail. >> hey, mark, it's heilemann here. thank you for putting the two words together in the last statement. >> i didn't...
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i noticed that palin focused on her record and her family. it was me centered and i can see paul ryan walking down that same path and the work that he has done in congress rather than making it about governor romney and president obama. >> do you think the age difference will be a factor? >> yeah. almost exexactly the same age different from 1988. that was a situation where quail looked like the young day. and it was like an old testament figure. when he looked at quail and said you are no jack kennedy. >> biden is still hot. he has it. >> he doesn't quite have the same gravity of a guy like lloyd benson. >> thank you for joining me tonight. >> coming up. mitt romney wants to try to balance the budget by getting rid of big bid. which will save 1, 100th of 1% of the federal budget. and next it is easy to have a gutt reaction about who won the debate. but being right about that, that is not so easy. that is next. >>> the media covers presidential debates as if they are sporting events and that is a big, big mistake. it makes pundits believe it
i noticed that palin focused on her record and her family. it was me centered and i can see paul ryan walking down that same path and the work that he has done in congress rather than making it about governor romney and president obama. >> do you think the age difference will be a factor? >> yeah. almost exexactly the same age different from 1988. that was a situation where quail looked like the young day. and it was like an old testament figure. when he looked at quail and said you...
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saw palin as more or less like a ticket booster for john mccain. now we're coming up to romney and ryan. not this debate specifically coming after president obama's gaffe before. >> that was a big thing for everybody here in the room. this was a big debate obviously because of president obama's performance last time. glen, that's why you paid a lot of attention here tonight, correct? >> yes, i think biden came on real strong and confident. i think he needed to do that because obama's performance last week was disappointing. >> and do you think the president will be up to it now that the bar's been raised next week? >> we'll see. >> you're still undecided. >> yes. >> sam, you're still undecided. you gave me an answer earlier. you said, you know, they've been running for president for months and months and months. you have the internet, newspapers, radio, tv. you're getting bombarded by ads here. why can't you make up your mind? >> as i said before, we work for a living. you know, a lot of us get up at 4:00 a.m., go to work for 12, 14 hours. we're at
saw palin as more or less like a ticket booster for john mccain. now we're coming up to romney and ryan. not this debate specifically coming after president obama's gaffe before. >> that was a big thing for everybody here in the room. this was a big debate obviously because of president obama's performance last time. glen, that's why you paid a lot of attention here tonight, correct? >> yes, i think biden came on real strong and confident. i think he needed to do that because...
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., let's go back to 2008 and the vice presidential debate where joe biden was up against sarah palin. everybody knew that she was information challenged and there was somewhat of a tight rope that joe biden was walking there. he didn't want to come out overbearing or disrespectful because that could have hurt the ticket with female voters in america. now it's totally different. isn't it? now joe biden who has kind of been held back by the administration is being nudged out there to say, go get him, joe. what do you make of this? >> i think joe biden is a better debater than president obama. i thought that back in 2008. i saw several debates where joe biden outdebated all of them on the stage. and so, yes, i think there's no -- there are going to be no holds barred here. he has to make up for some of the questions that president obama didn't have the last time. and so i think this is going to be -- i certainly hope it's more of an exciting debate than the first debate. it's a debate that won't have the moral hole in it quite as much. biden can get passionate about some of the issues re
., let's go back to 2008 and the vice presidential debate where joe biden was up against sarah palin. everybody knew that she was information challenged and there was somewhat of a tight rope that joe biden was walking there. he didn't want to come out overbearing or disrespectful because that could have hurt the ticket with female voters in america. now it's totally different. isn't it? now joe biden who has kind of been held back by the administration is being nudged out there to say, go get...
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. >> ryan is reviewing biden's 2004 debate with sarah palin. on monday ryan attacked what he says is the democrats strategy now. >> i really think that because they had such a bad debate that joe is going to come flying at us. it seems their new strategy is to basically call us liars, to descend down into a mud pit and hopefully with enough mud slinging, people will get demoralized and they can win by default. >> vice president biden has also been reviewing video of ryan's speeches in interviews and he's also reading ryan's book now. >> what i have been doing mostly is quite frankly studying up on congressman ryan's positions on the issues. and governor romney has embra d embraceded everything i can say. i don't want to say anything in the debate that's not completely accurate. >> two of them are going to be seated and that does change sort of how candidates interact. trust me, spirit over the years has shown that. it's about 60 hours until the first and only vice presidential debate. expectations are now a little bit higher and it's paul ryan'
. >> ryan is reviewing biden's 2004 debate with sarah palin. on monday ryan attacked what he says is the democrats strategy now. >> i really think that because they had such a bad debate that joe is going to come flying at us. it seems their new strategy is to basically call us liars, to descend down into a mud pit and hopefully with enough mud slinging, people will get demoralized and they can win by default. >> vice president biden has also been reviewing video of ryan's...
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. >> look what he did with the sarah palin debate last cycle. everyone thought that could have been a disaster and it wasn't. if he can prepare for these things, don't underestimate joe biden. >> the show is almost over and i'm getting tired. >> look for today's reaction of obama's speech later today. >> miss kucinich. >> usa's team last night for the debate, susan page, everybody back at the office, you did a great job. go team. >> senator brown, give me your shameless plug. >> you know, the reality is this race is right down to the wire, but romney last night showed he was a master of the facts. and the president surprisingly, i counted a dozen factual misstatements, really has to do his homework. >> i always want to thank the university of denver, du, i don't understand why you folks are in colorado, called the university of colorado cu and the university of denver, du, but a wonderful campus. that's it for this edition of "the daily rundown." i'm hitting the road with the president. see you at points from madison. coming up next, chris jansi
. >> look what he did with the sarah palin debate last cycle. everyone thought that could have been a disaster and it wasn't. if he can prepare for these things, don't underestimate joe biden. >> the show is almost over and i'm getting tired. >> look for today's reaction of obama's speech later today. >> miss kucinich. >> usa's team last night for the debate, susan page, everybody back at the office, you did a great job. go team. >> senator brown, give me...
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>> i heard that death panel argument from sarah palin. it seems every vice presidential debate i hear this kind of stuff about panels. let's talk about medicare. what we did is we saved $716 billion and put it back, applied it to medicare. we cut the cost of medicare. we stopped overpaying insurance companies. when doctors and hospitals. the ama supported what we did. aarp endorsed what we did. and it expended the life of medicare to 2024. they want to wipe this all out. it also gave more benefits. any senior out there, ask yourself, do you have more benefits today? you do. if you're near the doughnut hole you have $600 more to help your prescription drug costs. you get wellness visits without co-pays. they wipe all of this out and medicare becomes insolvent in 2016. number one. number two, guaranteed benefit. it's a voucher. when they first proposed -- when the congressman had his first voucher program, the cbo said it would cost $6,400 a year, martha, more for every senior 55 and below when they got there. he knew that. yet he got all g
>> i heard that death panel argument from sarah palin. it seems every vice presidential debate i hear this kind of stuff about panels. let's talk about medicare. what we did is we saved $716 billion and put it back, applied it to medicare. we cut the cost of medicare. we stopped overpaying insurance companies. when doctors and hospitals. the ama supported what we did. aarp endorsed what we did. and it expended the life of medicare to 2024. they want to wipe this all out. it also gave more...
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. >> in 2008 with the introduction of sarah palin was the first time the vice presidential debate was ever the highest 01:39:43:rate ed debate. we have this again. >> governor romney, last night, people say he mangled the truth to put it gently. the obama campaign -- they did a smart thing today. got up bright and early this morning realizing they took a loss last night and began pointing out where governor romney had not said what he said before, had not stuck to the truth. however, we learned again last night, if we needed reminding, that there's power in taking the view. listen, i'm frequently in error, but never in doubt. i believe what i'm telling you. and that carries its own power and strength. >> especially when you're talking to 50 million or 60 million people at a time. that is a perfect segue to everything we're doing in the rest of the hour on this show. dan rather, always such an honor to have you. >> thank you, rachel. enjoy to be on. >> "dan rather reports" is on axs tv. okay. we'll be right back. >>> okay. we do not expect from the romney campaign and their surrogates
. >> in 2008 with the introduction of sarah palin was the first time the vice presidential debate was ever the highest 01:39:43:rate ed debate. we have this again. >> governor romney, last night, people say he mangled the truth to put it gently. the obama campaign -- they did a smart thing today. got up bright and early this morning realizing they took a loss last night and began pointing out where governor romney had not said what he said before, had not stuck to the truth....
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she also has the endorsement of sarah palin, which could be a pro or con, depending who you ask. so bob kerrey is turning to his own endorsement, steve martin. >> hi, i'm steve martin. you probably know me as the actor and comedian. but did you know i'm also a home crafts expert? today i'm going to show you how to make a wad of paper. a wad of paper can be a lot of fun just to play with around the house or maybe toss expertly into a trash can. but who wants to go down to a fancy office building and root around in their dumpster to find a good one. so i'm going to show you how to make one at home with things you have lying around the house. you're going to need a blank piece of paper, some paper clips, a few grabs, a stapler, a stick of gum, some scissors, and a hammer. so let's get started. take your blank piece of paper and make a fold. take one of your paper clips and just clip it like so. like this. make another fold and take a grab, make a puncture, bend the brads back like this. take another fold, take your stapler, give it a punch or two like this, maybe one more fold, use
she also has the endorsement of sarah palin, which could be a pro or con, depending who you ask. so bob kerrey is turning to his own endorsement, steve martin. >> hi, i'm steve martin. you probably know me as the actor and comedian. but did you know i'm also a home crafts expert? today i'm going to show you how to make a wad of paper. a wad of paper can be a lot of fun just to play with around the house or maybe toss expertly into a trash can. but who wants to go down to a fancy office...
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. >> sarah palin, people watched it the way you watch a nascar race with a fascination that there may be an accident or a wreck. but with the debate coming up, there is this tension on the ticket, republican ticket, between paul ryan who campaigns and gave the speech remember at the convention, there was archly ideological about creating a new world that the president has described at darwinian and pessimistic and dark. and he gives joe biden a lot of lines of attack on the ryan budget, the medicare plan and all those things. the one thing that ryan has done for the last two years has been very, very, did i say very, very specific about all these things. so he can't do the peer wets the way mitt romney did, but i think what joe biden's task is going to be is to bo right past ryan and to usewets the way mitt romney did, but i think what joe biden's task is going to be is to bo right past ryan and to use this occasion to go after the guy he's running with. people don't care that much about ryan, only that he's a stand-in -- >> that's my point, he'll have a hard time defending some of th
. >> sarah palin, people watched it the way you watch a nascar race with a fascination that there may be an accident or a wreck. but with the debate coming up, there is this tension on the ticket, republican ticket, between paul ryan who campaigns and gave the speech remember at the convention, there was archly ideological about creating a new world that the president has described at darwinian and pessimistic and dark. and he gives joe biden a lot of lines of attack on the ryan budget,...
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in 2008 and 2012, he picked up a level of anger he never had for clinton or mccain, even after sarah palin was picked as his running mate. if it gets personal tonight, how careful do both men have to be with their tone? >> well, i actually think one of the great myths with presidential politics is that at some point somebody does a story about, hey, it's personal. these were always very competitive guys. it's like lebron and kobe, do they want to play each other? i don't know. but they want to beat each other. the discord in this race is almost less than any i have ever seen. neither of these guys are a hater. they are both very focused. they are no drama guy. and whether they dislike each other or not is immaterial. doesn't matter. >> rich stengel, thank you for your time this evening. >>> coming up, the right dusts off their old racial playbook and rush limbaugh is fanning the flames. it's ugly. >>> plus, the gop todd akin problem just got worse. you're watching a special edition of "politicsnation" as we get ready for the big night here on msnbc. stay with us. >> i don't think senator d
in 2008 and 2012, he picked up a level of anger he never had for clinton or mccain, even after sarah palin was picked as his running mate. if it gets personal tonight, how careful do both men have to be with their tone? >> well, i actually think one of the great myths with presidential politics is that at some point somebody does a story about, hey, it's personal. these were always very competitive guys. it's like lebron and kobe, do they want to play each other? i don't know. but they...
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we saw it this week when sarah palin wrote that the president's quote shuck and jive shtick must end. shuck and jive, an offensive term from slavery. and in atlanta tonight shall not far from where i'm sitting, this billboard was on the side of a highway until just hours ago because the president, conrad, obama this election should be about policies and ideas but instead they are going right back to the old playbook. joining me now, melissa harris-perry, and dana milbank, columnist for "the washington post." thank you both for being here tonight these kinds of comment have happened so often from the romney campaign, don't you think that it's a pattern or do you think it's just an accident? >> no, of course it's a pattern. let's be very clear. you know, there's a whole bunch of different things going on here. in fact, that last image you showed of a matchup of saying conrad and having an image of adolph hitler and an image of the soviet image, like it's an indication of how mashed up it all is. clearly they don't even know the difference between communism and totalarism, the professor
we saw it this week when sarah palin wrote that the president's quote shuck and jive shtick must end. shuck and jive, an offensive term from slavery. and in atlanta tonight shall not far from where i'm sitting, this billboard was on the side of a highway until just hours ago because the president, conrad, obama this election should be about policies and ideas but instead they are going right back to the old playbook. joining me now, melissa harris-perry, and dana milbank, columnist for...
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he was not exposed as the sarah palin no-nothing that he was. he was treated with un-earned respect and his campaign was gleefully welcomed by the media as refreshing. he was regarded as a political star. and when he was elected there was serious talk in the political media of changing the united states constitution to allow foreign born naturalized citizens to run for president of the united states. the republican party was very proud of their new star. >> ladies and gentlemen, america is back. we are back because of the perseverance, character and leadership of the 43rd president of the united states, george w. bush. >> thanks to his sheer incompetence, schwarzenegger quickly became a very unpopular governor and managed to salvage his re-election campaign by abandoning the republicans and adopting the democrats. he ended up tripling the state's debt. i, for one, don't blame schwarzenegger for any of that. schwarzenegger has always, very plainly and publicly, been a clown. i blame the political media for not treating him as such. political pund
he was not exposed as the sarah palin no-nothing that he was. he was treated with un-earned respect and his campaign was gleefully welcomed by the media as refreshing. he was regarded as a political star. and when he was elected there was serious talk in the political media of changing the united states constitution to allow foreign born naturalized citizens to run for president of the united states. the republican party was very proud of their new star. >> ladies and gentlemen, america...